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Revision as of 14:58, 5 November 2016

Dark Angel
GenreCrime drama, thriller
Based onMary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer
Written byGwyneth Hughes
Directed byBrian Percival
StarringJoanne Froggatt
John Hollingworth
Alun Armstrong
Jonas Armstrong
Seamus O'Neil
Theme music composerNick Taylor
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producerGwyneth Hughes
ProducerJake Lushington
Running time120 minutes
Production companyITV Studios
Original release
NetworkITV
Release31 October (2016-10-31) –
7 November 2016 (2016-11-07)


Dark Angel is a British two-part television drama miniseries, based on the adaptation of the book Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer by David Wilson. First shown on ITV from 31 October to 7 November 2016.It starred Joanne Froggatt in the leading role as Serial killer Mary Ann Cotton who was found guilty of murder. In March 1873 she waa and convicted and hanged for killing three of her four husbands, apparently in order to collect on their insurance policies. It is possible that Cotton may have murdered up to 21 victims, including eleven of her thirteen children. She willing used arsenic poisoning,which caused severe gastric pain and rapid decline of health. The mini series also starred, Alun Armstrong, Seamus O'Neil, and, Jonas Armstrong.